L-Carnitine Supplementation Improved Hepatic Steatosis After Pancreatectomy

Pancreas. 2016 Mar;45(3):e7-9. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000000508.

Authors

Masafumi Nakamura¹, Hideo Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nakashima, Yohei Ando, Toshihiro Hirai, Koji Yoshida, Keisuke Hino

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery and Oncology Kyushu University, Fukuoka Japan mnaka@surg1.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp Department of Digestive Surgery Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki Japan Department of Interventional Bilio-Pancreatology Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki Japan Department of Hepatology and Pancreatology Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki Japan.

PMID: 26863380
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000000508

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Carnitine / administration & dosage
Carnitine / therapeutic use*
Dietary Supplements
Fatty Liver / diagnostic imaging
Fatty Liver / etiology
Fatty Liver / prevention & control*
Female
Humans
Liver / diagnostic imaging
Liver / drug effects*
Liver / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Pancreatectomy / adverse effects
Pancreatectomy / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Carnitine